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SOS battles aren't as bad as people say they are. The amount of setup for EV training through it is certainly more than Super Training, meaning you're not going to be able to take full advantage of it right from the start. However, once you figure everything out and get prepared, it's simple to consistently max out stats in a short span of time for the rest of the game. SOS battles also offer other conveniences like being able to battle multiple Pokémon in the same family, which is great for farming rare held items like Magmarizers and Electirizers using Thief. Catching a few Pokémon of the same species with good natures and perfect IVs in four stats also makes breeding for the perfect Pokémon far easier.
However, I do have complaints with the game.
>No National Pokédex, yet 84 non-Alolan Pokémon can be obtained through Island Scan, on top of the demo Greninja
>The game is offensively railroaded until the third island, and even then it's still pretty linear
>Your character's expression almost never changes even in the most dire of circumstances
>Version-exclusive Trainers (Dexio and Kiawe for Sun, Sina and Mallow for Moon) is stupid
>Having to choose to battle Red OR Green is stupid
>There's a lot of missing content that feels like it was purposely removed for the third version
>No Trainer rematches
>Festival Plaza was a restrictive, half-baked idea that could have been implemented far better
>The game runs terribly even on a New 3DS and it doesn't even HAVE 3D
>The Poké Finder wasn't fleshed out at all and the only reason to use it is for the passport stamp
>I got through the first three islands just fine without the Exp. Share, but from there until the end, it feels like you need it
